New Xbox 360 update incompatible with some models, MS offering replacements [update]

Microsoft has confirmed that some Xbox 360 consoles weren't happy with a recent firmware update upcoming, mandatory firmware update. The console manufacturer will replace consoles that have become unable to read retail game discs with a new Xbox 360 S with 250 GB hard drive.

"Following a recent update to our system software, we have become aware of an issue that is preventing a very small number of Xbox 360 owners from playing retail game discs," a Microsoft statement reads. "This issue manifests itself a as a unique 'disc unreadable' or 'disc unsupported' error on the screen and is unrelated to our recent public beta (alteration from original Eurogamer statement). We are also able to detect this issue over Xbox Live and are proactively reaching out to customers that may be impacted to replace their... (Continue Reading...)

WRUP: Hackers!

The past few weeks have seen story after story about breach after breach in the gaming world, with BioWare's Neverwinter Nights servers being the latest to get hit. Rather than getting all up in a tizzy about it, we simply made sure all of our passwords were unique -- yours are, aren't they? -- and rented a copy of our favorite Matthew Lillard thriller, Hackers.

Sure, we'll be playing some games this weekend (which you can see after the break), but we've got at least one very solid appointment with the information superhighway, circa 1995. It looks kind of like an awesome video game when you're hacking, didn't you know?... (Continue Reading...)


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